North Korea has announced that it has successfully launched a newly developed long-range cruise missile.
A "cruise missile" flies horizontally like an airplane, and because it flies at a low altitude, it is difficult to catch it with radar, and it is difficult to deal with it until it approaches.
This time, North Korea announced that the cruise missile that conducted the launch test hit the target 1500 km away, but if it is possible to fly 1500 km, almost the entire country of Japan will be in the range.
In addition to this cruise missile, the main missiles that North Korea has developed are ballistic missiles that fly in a parabolic manner.
Ballistic missiles generally have a longer range than cruise missiles and fall at steep angles and at high speeds, so an extremely accurate system is required to intercept them.